In the third test match, India won the toss and elected to bat first - see playing 11

IND vs ENG: The third test between India and England will be played in Rajkot from today. The match will start at 9:30 am at Niranjan Shah Cricket Stadium. India won the toss and chose to bat first. Akshar Patel and Mukesh Kumar were made to sit out. In their place, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammad Siraj were included in the playing-11. Sarfaraz Khan will debut in today's match, before the match he was given the debut cap by former leg spinner Anil Kumble.

Playing-11 of both the teams

India's playing-11: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj.

England's playing-11: Jack Crowley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (captain), Ben Fox, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson.

Debut of Sarfaraz and Dhruv Jurel

Sarfaraz and wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel are debuting in this test for India. This is the international debut of both. Anil Kumble handed the debut cap to Sarfaraz. At the same time, Dinesh Karthik handed over the debut cap to Dhruv. Sarfaraz is the 311th player and Dhruv is the 312th player to represent India in Tests. When Sarfaraz was being handed the debut cap, his coach and father Naushad Khan was also present there. He cried seeing his son getting the cap.

The five-match Test series is currently tied at 1-1. The England team had defeated India by 28 runs in the first match. In the second match, host India defeated visiting England by 106 runs. Both the teams will clash for the second time on this ground. Earlier in 2016, both of them had faced each other, that match was a draw.

England far ahead in head to head

A total of 36 Test series have been played so far between India, the second-ranked team in the Test rankings, and England, the third-ranked team. In which the English team has dominated India. Team India could win 11 series while England won 19 series. While five series were also drawn.

These records can be made in the third test

England captain Ben Stokes will become the 16th English player to play 100 Tests.

Ravichandran Ashwin will complete 500 wickets in Tests as soon as he takes one wicket.

James Anderson is 5 wickets away from completing 700 wickets in Tests.

As soon as Rohit Sharma hits 3 sixes, he will become the Indian captain who has hit the most number of international sixes.

Ravichandran Ashwin will become the second bowler in India to take 350 wickets by taking 5 wickets.